This seems to work (I'm not sure if ON COMMIT DROP is needed or not - I'm using non-persistent PHP 5.3 script with pgbouncer pool_mode=session and PostgreSQL 8.4.9): create or replace function pref_delete_user(_id varchar, _reason varchar) returns void as $BODY$ begin insert into pref_ban select id, first_name, last_name, city, last_ip from pref_users where id=_id; update pref_ban set reason=_reason where id=_id; create temporary table temp_gids (gid int not null) on commit drop; insert into temp_gids (gid) select gid from pref_scores where id=_id; delete from pref_scores where gid in (select gid from temp_gids); delete from pref_games where gid in (select gid from temp_gids); delete from pref_rep where author=_id; delete from pref_rep where id=_id; delete from pref_catch where id=_id; delete from pref_game where id=_id; delete from pref_hand where id=_id; delete from pref_luck where id=_id; delete from pref_match where id=_id; delete from pref_misere where id=_id; delete from pref_money where id=_id; delete from pref_pass where id=_id; delete from pref_status where id=_id; delete from pref_users where id=_id; end; $BODY$ language plpgsql; -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general